Tag: Indian women

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Do I list them out in order of increasing or decreasing intensity? Oh well… I guess I’ll just mention a handful that affected me on a personal level. INCIDENT#1 – I have a friend who reads a lot like I do. Once I suggested a book and he asked me…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: There are a few that come to mind. The criteria in the question is so specific that it’s tough to find someone who fits the bill perfectly. Priyanka Chopra People say all sorts of things about her but I personally feel that she is truly a force to reckon with….

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: I guess this depends to a large extent on what the term ‘women empowerment’ means to different people. Apparently, it means different things to different people. For some people, this is what women empowerment means… Or this… Or even these… Very empowered women all of them. But to me, this…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: While pondering over this question, I realised that the word ‘overdressed’ can actually mean different things to different people. I am a person who always tries to dress according to the occasion. So, to me, being overdressed would mean wearing loud or garish dresses and makeup to places where you’re…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: As we all know, India is a land where arranged marriages are still commonplace. And India is also a land where friendships between people of opposite sexes are still heavily scrutinised (by the ‘kindly’ aunties in the family) and subtly discouraged. Choosing your own life partner has become tolerable to…

South India is considered safer in comparison to North India which leads to assumption that people here respect females​. But their movies speak a complete different stories. What is the reality, is it a mask which still is hanging on faces, and reality is same everywhere in India. Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Hmm…this question…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Dr. Lalitha Regi Dr. Lalitha Regi (nee Varma) was born into the royal family of Cochin in Tripunithura, Kerala. All hell broke loose in her uber conservative family when she decided to get married to the love of her life Dr. Regi M. George whom she met while studying at…

I see Hispanic/Asian/White/Black women portrayed as attractive in the US media. However, I rarely see Indian women fetishized in the media. And I never see Indian women with non Indian guys. Why is that? And I never see non Indians go to India to find a wife, unlike in Japan or Colombia. Why not? Answer…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: I’m not sure why I was A2A-ed on this, but anyhow I’ll share my views. The word ‘alcohol’ is a very broad term, esp. if it is a question being asked to a person like me who is a Polymer Engineer. Let’s not even go there. From a lay person’s…

Be it anything. Culture, inventions, traits or anything. Please let it be something positive. I am really fed up of sarcastic and negative remarks. Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: This is a story that shocked and shook the delicate social sensibilities of a very conservative society…the Smarthavichaaram proceedings of 1905. Smarthavichaaram is defined on Wikipedia[1]…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Among the others mentioned on other answers is the one I belong to. I belong to the Hindu Nair community of Kerala, India. We follow a matrilineal system of inheritance. Although much has changed now regarding the inheritance of property, the social aspects still remain the same. The bloodline moves…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Thank you for the A2A. Ah! Where shall I start now? My mind is going in all directions. Alright, let’s do it one aspect at a time… We are stunningly beautiful Look at that rich, healthy and naturally tanned skin, the dark lustrous hair, the uber feminine features, the large,…